PRINT

I. noun see: press Date: 14th century 1. a mark made by pressure ; impression , something impressed with a ~ or formed in a mold, finger~ , 2. ~ed state or form, the ~ing industry, 3. ~ed matter , ~ed publications, ~ed letters ; type , 5. a. a copy made by ~ing, a reproduction of an original work of art (as a painting) made by a photomechanical process, an original work of art (as a woodcut, etching, or lithograph) intended for graphic reproduction and produced by or under the supervision of the artist who designed it, cloth with a pattern or figured design applied by ~ing, a photographic or motion-picture copy, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to impress something in or on, to stamp (as a mark) in or on something, 2. to make a copy of by impressing paper against an inked ~ing surface, b. to impress (as wallpaper) with a design or pattern, to impress (a pattern or design) on something, to publish in ~, ~ out , to write in letters shaped like those of ordinary roman text type, to make (a positive picture) on a sensitized photographic surface from a negative or a positive, intransitive verb 1. to work as a ~er, to produce ~ed matter, to produce something in ~ed form, to write or hand-letter in imitation of unjoined ~ed characters, III. adjective Date: 1953 of, relating to, or writing for ~ed publications